HTML | DOM Window status Property
The Window status property in HTML DOM is used to set or return the text in the status bar at the bottom of the browser.
Syntax:
window.status
Note: This property has been DEPRECATED and is no longer recommended.
Return Value: It returns a string which represents the text displayed in the status bar.
Example 1: This example use window status property.
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<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head > < title > HTML DOM Window status Property </ title > </ head > < body > < h1 >w3wiki</ h1 > < h2 > HTML DOM Window status Property </ h2 > < p > Look the text in the statusbar displayed at the bottom of the browser </ p > <!-- Script to use window status property --> < script > window.status = "w3wiki"; </ script > </ body > </ html > |
Output:
Example 2: This example use window status property to set the text of status bar.
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<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head > < title > HTML DOM Window status Property </ title > <!-- Script to use window status property --> < script type="text/javascript"> function UpdateStatusBar (over) { if (over) window.status = "The mouse is over the text."; else window.status = window.defaultStatus; } function ChangeDefStatus () { window.defaultStatus = "Default Status."; } </ script > </ head > < body > < div onmousemove="UpdateStatusBar(true);" onmouseout="UpdateStatusBar(false);"> A message is seen on the status bar at the bottom of the page when mouse is placed over the text </ div >< br > < button onclick="ChangeDefStatus();"> Change default status </ button > < br >< br > < a href="#"> When mouse move over, the browser will display the URL </ a > </ body > </ html > |
Output:
Supported Browsers: The DOM Window status property does not support any browser.